Being A Whole Person

If you’re tired of feeling stuck, spinning your wheels, and not moving forward with that creative project you've been planning on starting forever, this episode is for you. Often we wait for “just the right time” to start, which can actually defer the project further, but we can create that fresh start anytime we decide to! Listen in for some tips on how to get started, so you can get that creative momentum going in a supportive and self-compassionate way. Also, if you need some encouragement, you can always send me a note. I'm always here for little pep talks, and I'm rooting for you! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you want to integrate managing your time and energy, so you have enough to accomplish the projects that are most important to you - that’s what my PDF workbook Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity helps you do! It’s full of amazing tools for creating a humane to do list and schedule that you can actually complete, no matter your level of energy and overwhelm, along with ways to self-compassionat

This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt like they were behind, in creative projects or other work. I share some ways to reframe your relationship with time, and shift your mindset away from negative self-talk, so you can stop letting it hold you back. Let’s embrace whatever pace your art takes, and affirm that now is the perfect time to start. If you need some encouragement, you can always send me a note. I'm always here for little pep talks, and I'm rooting for you! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you want to integrate managing your time and energy, so you have enough to accomplish the projects that are most important to you - that’s what my PDF workbook Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity helps you do! It’s full of amazing tools for creating a humane to do list and schedule that you can actually complete, no matter your level of energy and overwhelm, along with ways to self-compassionately adapt when things don’t work out as planned. Head over to https://bit.ly/cfcwworkbook to get your copy! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Whether your creative energy is depleted after a big event or you’ve been swimming in burnout for a while, this episode will help support you in moving forward at whatever pace feels sustainable, practicing compassionate productivity. Listen in to learn some quick and easy-to-implement ways to take some of the physical and mental load off while you’re recovering, so you can get back to feeling like your best self and channel that energy into moving forward with your most important creative projects, even in low power mode. If you need some encouragement, you can always send me a note. I'm always here for little pep talks, and I'm rooting for you! --- For some fun ways to connect to your creativity and spark some inspiration, sign up for the (totally free and really fun) Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge, 5 days of bite-size creativity and wellness prompts that are ridiculously easy to do and will help soothe your nervous system to put your mind in the right place for creating! --- RESOURCES MENTIONED S3 E5 - H

In this episode, I had a refreshing conversation with Lauren Karpinski, an abstract artist who also practices many healing modalities (massage, acupuncture, reiki, yin yoga), and these things are very integrated for her. Like me, she thinks creativity and wellness are very intertwined, and she shares about how they integrate in her own creative process. We chatted about mindfulness, the value of feeling good, how having fun makes us more productive, working with our natural energy cycles, being flexible in how we engage with creativity, managing anxiety, and letting go of control, among other things. I’m very inspired by Lauren’s playful spirit, her unwillingness to take herself too seriously, and her approach to making art - I hope that hearing from her is also a breath of fresh air for you! ----- If you’re looking for a little creative boost with a very low barrier to entry, I want to remind you about my Feel-Good Creativity Unchallenge - it’s totally free and really fun, with 5 days of bite-size creativity

If you feel like you're not quite ready to start making plans for 2021, because things still seem so uncertain, I see you. We can still make goals, but we might just need a different, more flexible approach that accounts for the inevitability of change. I share how I’ve shifted my approach to goal setting over the years, and affirm that it’s okay to scale back in comparison to what you do in times of “normal productivity”. Listen in to find out what I think is the most important habit you can cultivate in the new year (or anytime!) that will support your creative work and progress toward accomplishing what’s most meaningful to you. How are you feeling about goal setting now? Has it changed a lot this year? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass and we can share ideas! --- Coming up on Tues. 1/12: Opening Up to New Possibilities in 2021: A Gentle Goal-Setting Workshop If you’re feeling stuck or hesitant about your goal setting process this year, and need a gentler approach (like sauntering into the new year confide

Choosing a word as the theme for a year can be a great invitation to engage in a more active practice with that word, whether in place of or in tandem with goal setting, and a filter for what feels aligned to do and create. In this episode I share my words from the last several years, how my 2020 word (trust) turned out, and the inspiration behind my new word for 2021. Did you pick a word for 2021, or for previous years? What’s been your experience with it? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass and we can share ideas! ---------------------------------- Coming up on Tues. 1/12: Opening Up to New Possibilities in 2021: A Gentle Goal-Setting Workshop Sliding scale: $15-35 Let’s harness the fresh start energy of a new year by making nourishing and flexible plans and intentions that give you permission to take your own pace (compassionate productivity in action!), work within your own capacity, and adapt within all of the residual uncertainty. In this workshop we’ll first honor the lessons and growth of 2020, then sen

In this episode from Season 2, Lexie and Rebecca had a gem-filled, insightful conversation with speaker, musician, and coach Lynn O’Brien, who does creative, compassionate, and constructive work with individuals experiencing change, integrating all of those roles to an amazing degree. She shares about her long background as a musician, career in music therapy, passion for vocal improv, and for using the voice as a vehicle for expression, connection, and healing. We also discussed using boundaries to stay in alignment and say yes with generosity, and Lynn’s wide range of self care practices (some traditional and some not as much!) The episode ends with us talking about feeling seen, and we hope this episode does that for you! TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: How the different facets of Lynn’s music and coaching career got her to where she is today Balancing vs. intertwining the multiple facets of a career What it looked like when Lynn started to think of being a musician as a business (in high school!)

In this episode, you’ll hear from Laura Holway, a teacher and coach who is here to help heart-centered creative humans make space for what they long for, and cultivate the self-trust to move towards it. We covered so many topics relating to creative work and personal evolution, through Laura’s lens of movement, which makes sense, since she’s also a dance artist! Her approach to human-centered business is refreshing, inspiring, and genuine. ✨✨✨ The Build Your Seasonal Self Care Survival Kit Workshop has already happened live, but the recording is still available to buy through Dec. 25! (sliding scale: $5-30) Join me to learn my favorite tips for replenishing your energy throughout this unusual holiday season, and you'll leave with a personal menu of self care practices to support yourself in times of depletion and celebration! Sign up at coachingforcreativewellness.com/holiday-workshop ✨✨✨ TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Laura’s career path and how it’s evolved since she came to Minneapolis as a dance arti

For many of us, the winter (and holiday) season comes with lower energy but higher expectations, and the dissonance of that can be really challenging. In this episode I invite you to question your assumptions about how much you have to get done, how many priorities you need to have, and how you treat yourself around that. Listen in to learn some tangible ways to do less that don’t involve throwing everything out, and are easy to try! What does doing less look like for you in this season? What’s nourishing you? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass and we can share ideas! ✨✨✨ The Build Your Seasonal Self Care Survival Kit Workshop has already happened live, but the recording is still available to buy for a few more weeks! (sliding scale: $5-30) Join me to learn my favorite tips for replenishing your energy throughout this unusual holiday season, and you'll leave with a personal menu of self care practices to support yourself in times of depletion and celebration! Sign up at coachingforcreativewellness.com/holiday-

In this episode I had a lovely conversation with holistic wellness facilitator and educator, writer, speaker, and performer Susan Shehata. All of these identities intertwine around helping people unstick their story - identifying and unwinding limiting core beliefs that keep them stuck. We hear a lot about limiting beliefs and mindset work on a surface level, but she is so good at making these often esoteric concepts super practical and digestible. After 20 years of building various skill sets, COVID and the instability of 2020 made Susan realize more deeply how all of her roles intertwine, and showed her how she is uniquely equipped to support people through these experiences. Listen in to hear us chat about how people’s core beliefs factor into how they’re dealing with the pandemic, civil unrest, and emotions in 2020, mental health, and staying creative in the face of uncertainty. Susan also shares her self care practices that center around the 4 elements of earth, air, water, and fire - simple, accessible,

We don’t have to expect ourselves to constantly be actively producing creative work - creative projects have seasonal cycles, too. But even in the dormancy of winter (literal or metaphorical), you can still feed your creativity, and this phase is just as important as the others. In this episode I share many ways that you can consume, digest, and “fertilize the soil” to pave the way for your next project. What’s feeding your creativity right now? What’s inspiring you? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass, and we can share ideas! ✨✨✨ The Build Your Seasonal Self Care Survival Kit Workshop has already happened live, but the recording is still available to buy for a few more weeks! (sliding scale: $5-30) Join me to learn my favorite tips for replenishing your energy throughout this unusual holiday season, and you'll leave with a personal menu of self care practices to support yourself in times of depletion and celebration! Sign up to join us at coachingforcreativewellness.com/holiday-workshop ✨✨✨ RESOURCES MENTIONED

Unusual times call for unusual amounts of self care - the holidays can be tough in a normal year, but in 2020, there’s extra uncertainty and grief piled on top, so we need self care (actual, replenishing self care, not just clichés or "shoulds") more than ever. I describe some of the conditions that might be making this season more stressful, along with some easy ways to support yourself through it! ---

It’s easy to get trapped in the idea that productivity means we have to work constantly, and then feeling guilty about breaks and time off, but breaks are essential for replenishing energy and creativity! I’m always pro-break, but during extreme events (like a pandemic) you might need even more breaks than you’re used to. I know, easier said than done, but in this episode you’ll learn what it can look like to integrate more breaks into your work, even in the busiest of schedules, and all of the benefits that come with that. ---

In this episode I was joined by Amy Kuretsky, an acupuncturist, breathwork facilitator, and business coach who helps creative entrepreneurs cultivate a deeper relationship with their heart, body, and business. This interview will be especially inspirational for all of you creative entrepreneurs out there, current and aspiring. Listen in to hear Amy share about her winding career path, her supportive tools and personal process for getting unstuck and out of a funk, how she practices compassionate productivity, how she conducts business with anticapitalist values within capitalism, some of her favorite role models in that area, and what an extended Instagram break has felt like. In the typical spirit of this show, we get deep about how we define our identities and how our various facets are so integrated. --- NEW OFFERING COMING SOON: 1-time sessions are returning! They’ll be in depth and specifically geared towards compassionately getting to the root of your overwhelm - I’ll announce full details in Monday’s C

We usually think of burnout as a state of total collapse, but it can be much more subtle and sneak up without you even noticing, especially for those of us in creative fields where our work is so intimately important to us. Most musicians and artists have experienced it at some point, to some degree (including me). I walk you through the 12 stages of burnout and share how many of the symptoms are behaviors rewarded by the culture of toxic productivity, how they can impact your creative work, and, most importantly, the key to breaking the cycle of overwork! RESOURCES MENTIONED Burned Out in Scientific American More burnout info in Psychology Today (including links to find a therapist) S3E13: Why We Resist Rest + How It Helps Our Creativity 4 Steps to Reducing Creativity in Your Creative Work - free video MORE FROM REBECCA Free Discovery Call Free Resource Library Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook My Brazilian album Florescer Get the show notes at coachingforcreativewellness.com/

Even though resting and replenishing is a core part of my message, and what I work on with clients, I still sometimes find myself resisting it - maybe you do, too? Most of us intellectually understand why we need rest, and putting that into practice can be more difficult amongst our many projects, goals, and responsibilities, but it is absolutely an essential part of the creative process and being human! RESOURCES MENTIONED Mara Glatzel’s courses (the course I took on rest is no longer available but her offerings are wonderful!) Episodes on compassionate productivity reframes: S3E8 + S3E9 Susan Shehata’s post: A Gentle Trauma Reminder MORE FROM REBECCA Free Resource Library Eliminate the Overwhelm free call Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Feel-Good Creativity Un-Challenge My Brazilian album Florescer Get the show notes at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/s3e13

If you’re feeling scattered lately with everything going on, here are many ways to support yourself, so that you have energy and focus to direct toward what really matters in your life and creative work. This is a menu, not a checklist - never underestimate the power of small changes! RESOURCES MENTIONED Self-Control app (for Mac) + PC alternatives Break the Twitch One Tab extension for Chrome Emotional Energy Pollution blog post from Susan Shehata My post on the Digital Munchies Mental Clarity oil from Pranarom Balancing Spring Energy PDF in my Free Resource Library MORE FROM REBECCA Eliminate the Overwhelm free call Coaching for Creative Wellness Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Feel-Good Creativity Un-Challenge My Brazilian album Florescer Get the show notes at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/s3e12

In this episode I share where I’ve been finding magic lately, and how a daily walk could be very mundane, but is not...if you choose to make it more interesting. The simple practice of taking a “noticing walk” can fill you with wonder and could maybe even change the course of your day (or at least your morning). This is my invitation to you to follow your curiosity and find the things that fill you with wonder, as tiny as those might be! RESOURCES MENTIONED Feel-Good Creativity Un-Challenge My Instagram (tag me when you post findings from your noticing walk!) My 5-day free composition prompt course for musicians Being Boss podcast and community Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s work, her essay You May Want to Marry My Husband, and video ATM = Always Trust Magic MORE FROM REBECCA Coaching for Creative Wellness Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Free Resource Library My Brazilian album Florescer Get the show notes at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/s3e11

Brianna Christie is the owner and founder of Modify Salon in Minneapolis, and has been expertly cutting my hair for 15 years! I look forward to every haircut not just because of her skills, but because we always have great, deep conversations about creativity, wellness, being a business owner, and life. Listen in to hear us talk about self improvement coming from a place of self love, how seeking support from a coach totally changed how Brianna meets her needs as a mom and business owner, being intentional about finding fun and joy, and how she helps her clients feel most like their authentic selves. TOPICS DISCUSSED: “Mastering a good lifestyle” and what that means to Brianna Self improvement coming from a place of self love How it can be complicated to identify as “creative” How she became a hairdresser and how that work became her purpose by helping people show who they really are on the inside Imposter syndrome and how we deal with it (not necessarily fix it!) Her biggest challenge as a bu

Part 2 of 2:  Is your definition of “productivity” working for you? That word can be very loaded, and it has different meanings for all of us - what’s yours? If you’re stuck in a more conventional idea of what productivity means (like constant work and being rooted in "hustle culture") that isn’t working for you, I invite you to think about what it means for you now, and what you would like it to mean. For those of you who tend to be hard on yourselves and have really high expectations for yourself and the amount you work, here are 5 more common limiting beliefs that might come up around productivity, and a mantra for shifting your mindset away from each of those beliefs in a compassionate way! RESOURCES MENTIONED Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Free Eliminate the Overwhelm call Mindset by Carol Dweck My Instagram (tag me when you post about what compassionate productivity looks like for you!) MORE FROM REBECCA Coaching for Creative Wellness Free Resource Library Feel-Goo